Appliance for moistening and sealing envelops.



No. 666,6!7. Patented Jan. 22,;19ol.

' u; M. SAVAGE.

APPLIANCE FOR MOISTENING AND 'SEALING ENVELOPS.

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JOHN M. SAVAGE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

APPLIANCE FOR MOISTENING AND SEALING ENVELOPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 666,617, dated January 22, 1901.

Application filed April 2, 1900. Serial No. 11,245. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. SAVAGE, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Appliances for Moistening and Sealing Envelops, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an oflice appliance for moistening and sealing envelops.

The object of the present improvement is to provide a simple, efficient, and convenient appliance for moistening the sealing-flaps of envelops and which also afiords a ready and convenient rest for effecting the subsequent sealing of the envelop, as will hereinafter more fully appear. I attain such object by the construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of an envelop moistener and sealer embodying the present improvement, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section of the same on line a: m, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary transverse section of the same at line :10 on, Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts in the different views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents an open-topped casing or tray containing an absorbent filling 2 of felt or other like material. 3 is a sliding cover therefor, having sliding engagement therewith by means of the U- shaped flanges 4 on the sides of the cover engaging the correspondingly-shaped flanges 5 on the sides of the box or casing 1. In the present improvement the cover 3 is of a greater length than the box, so as to afford ample surface upon which to rest the envelop in the initial operation of moistening the envelop-flap and in the subsequent operation of sealing the envelop, and as so formed its rear end will be provided with a pendent flange or foot 6, by which its rear end is supported ford a more ready and effective means for moistening the adhesive coating of gum upon the envelop-flap.

In use the absorbent filling 2 will be saturated with water. The envelop is first laid upon the rest or cover 3, with its flap portion overlapping the forward edge of such cover and the gummed surface of the flap pressed down upon the saturated filling 2 to moisten such adhesive coating. The flap is then folded back into place and the envelop sealed,

the extended surface of the rest or cover 3 affording a convenient means for efiecting such last-mentioned operation.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An appliance for moistening and sealing envelops,comprisingincombinatioman opentop casing, a filling of absorbent material in said casing, and a cover having laterally-slid- 7o able engagement with the casing and consti tilting a rest for the envelop next adjacent to the exposed surface of the absorbent filling, substantially as set forth.

2. An appliance for moistening and sealing en velops,comprisingin combination, an opentop casing, a filling of absorbent material in said casing, and an elongated cover having laterally-slidable engagement with the casing and provided with a rear supporting-foot, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this 21st day of March, 1900.

JOHN M. SAVAGE.

Witnesses:

ROBERT BURNS, M. H. HOLMES. 

